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Dutch East Indies statesman
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GeminiBirth
8 June 1824, The Hague, Netherlands
Death
31 May 1900, The Hague, Netherlands (aged 76 years)
Age
76 years
Family
Mother:
Susanna Gaspardina Valck
Father:
Alexander Loudon
Children:
Hugo Loudon
Adriana Jacqueline Marie Loudon
Cornelie Loudon
Alexine Susette Loudon
Eugenie Loudon
Cecile Loudon
John Loudon (politician)
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Biography
Jonkheer James Loudon (8 June 1824 – 31 May 1900) was a Dutch politician. He was Minister of Colonial Affairs in the Van Zuylen van Nijevelt-Van Heemstra cabinet (1861–1862), King's Commissioner in South Holland (1862–1871), and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1872–1875). He was the father of politician John Loudon.
The ship Gouverneur Generaal Loudon (1875) was named after him.
He was made a Jonkheer in 1884.
Honors
- Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion (1860)
- Commander in the Order of the Netherlands Lion (1862)
- Grand Officer in the Order of the Oak Crown (1868)
- Grand Cross in the Order of the Oak Crown (1871)
- Knight First Class in the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau (1879)
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